Engaging Citizens through Mediation in Kaduna State, Nigeria

The Legal Aid Council of Nigeria (LACON) and the World Bank are pleased to present this publication about the Access to Justice for the Poor Project implemented in Kaduna State, Nigeria, between 2012 and 2015. In that time, LACON made great strides...

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Main Authors:	Melis, Eva, Esquivel-Korsiak, Victoria
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	citizen participation public engagement grievance redress legal aid legal reform
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26583295/engaging-citizens-through-mediation-kaduna-state-nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24939

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spelling	okr-10986-249392021-05-25T08:50:45Z Engaging Citizens through Mediation in Kaduna State, Nigeria Melis, Eva Esquivel-Korsiak, Victoria citizen participation public engagement grievance redress legal aid legal reform The Legal Aid Council of Nigeria (LACON) and the World Bank are pleased to present this publication about the Access to Justice for the Poor Project implemented in Kaduna State, Nigeria, between 2012 and 2015. In that time, LACON made great strides in bringing legal aid services to the grassroots and increasing access to justice by the most poor and vulnerable in our society. The Access to Justice Project offered LACON the opportunity to partner with the World Bank and learn best practices in representing clients in civil matters and community legal education. The Project helped to develop staff capacity through trainings in alternative dispute resolution and mediation, and by introducing paralegal training, all of which were novel in the Nigerian legal education. Through our partners and the use of media, we were also successful in raising awareness among the poor of their legal rights and entitlement to legal representation. Beyond benefiting affected individuals and communities, GRMs also improve development project outcomes at lower cost, help identify systemic issues, and promote accountability.8 They serve as additional useful channels of information for policy makers and implementers, and together with other accountability-enhancing mechanisms, they can contribute to raising public awareness of rights and entitlements. This is especially important where there is a lack of rights consciousness and affected individuals may not know their rights have been violated or that there are avenues for redress. 2016-08-25T17:37:31Z 2016-08-25T17:37:31Z 2016-06-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26583295/engaging-citizens-through-mediation-kaduna-state-nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24939 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Law and Justice Study Economic & Sector Work Africa Nigeria
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description	The Legal Aid Council of Nigeria (LACON) and the World Bank are pleased to present this publication about the Access to Justice for the Poor Project implemented in Kaduna State, Nigeria, between 2012 and 2015. In that time, LACON made great strides in bringing legal aid services to the grassroots and increasing access to justice by the most poor and vulnerable in our society. The Access to Justice Project offered LACON the opportunity to partner with the World Bank and learn best practices in representing clients in civil matters and community legal education. The Project helped to develop staff capacity through trainings in alternative dispute resolution and mediation, and by introducing paralegal training, all of which were novel in the Nigerian legal education. Through our partners and the use of media, we were also successful in raising awareness among the poor of their legal rights and entitlement to legal representation. Beyond benefiting affected individuals and communities, GRMs also improve development project outcomes at lower cost, help identify systemic issues, and promote accountability.8 They serve as additional useful channels of information for policy makers and implementers, and together with other accountability-enhancing mechanisms, they can contribute to raising public awareness of rights and entitlements. This is especially important where there is a lack of rights consciousness and affected individuals may not know their rights have been violated or that there are avenues for redress.
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author	Melis, Eva Esquivel-Korsiak, Victoria
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title	Engaging Citizens through Mediation in Kaduna State, Nigeria
title_short	Engaging Citizens through Mediation in Kaduna State, Nigeria
title_full	Engaging Citizens through Mediation in Kaduna State, Nigeria
title_fullStr	Engaging Citizens through Mediation in Kaduna State, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	Engaging Citizens through Mediation in Kaduna State, Nigeria
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
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Engaging Citizens through Mediation in Kaduna State, Nigeria

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